Improvement in curry-combs



TATE S GEORGE HAVELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,787, dated April 6,1875; application filed February 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAVELL, of Newark, in the county of Essex andin the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curry-Combs; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference be ing had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a curry-combtooth, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a currycomb embodying my invention,and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the tooth-pieces.

A represents the handle, with shank B, having branches B B, to whichtheback 0 is secured. D represents a toothed plate, which is rolled in theform shown in Fig. 2that is to say, the upper or base part, which is tolie against the under part of the back 0, is provided with a bead orrib, c-and from this enlargement to the teeth a, at the bottom of theplate, the metal is tapered. Upon the head or rib is a series of prongsor studs, a a, which are intended to pass through openings in the backof the comb, and there riveted. By thus forming the tooth-plate a broadbearing-surface is given to it at the point of connection to thecomb-back. By the head or rib c the tooth has the broad bearing-surfacewithout adding unnecessary weight and metal to the tooth, and the sameis given a neat finish and a light appearance with a suflicient amountof elasticity for the purposes desired, which it would not have if thetooth were simply tapered entirely from top to bottom.

I do not claim a curry-comb tooth made tapering from top to bottom, nordo I claim broadly a curry-comb tooth having rivets for connecting it tothe back plate, as I am aware that such is not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tooth-bar D, formed with the head or rib c at its upper part, andprovided with the rivet-prongs a a, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 22d day of January, 1875.

GEORGE HAVELL. IL. s.]

Witnesses:

G. L. EVERT, A. G. WILLIAMS.

